re: Official ICAST 2017 Kayak Thread

That's a Malibu Kayak, not an Ocean Malibu.

Ocean Kayak Malibu Pedal Fishing Kayak

Wait, people are now paying well over $2000 for Kayak's now?????? you could have a decent aluminum with an outboard!!!

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you could have a decent aluminum with an outboard!!!

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Prices are getting up there, but I think you're assuming one is preferable over the other. That's not the case. While kayak fishing initially kicked off due to lower price of entry and ease of transportation, now a large segment of the kayak fishing market is people who just flat out prefer to fish from kayaks vs a boat.

Plus, a kayak requires virtually 0 maintenance and for people without any mechanical inclination, an outboard is just something that can and will break.

I use my kayak for fishing when I'm fishing small water, rivers, or when I'm time limited and know I can't go very far. Otherwise, I have a 15' flat-back canoe with a small motor and a trolling motor that gives me the portability aspect of a kayak but virtually unlimited range and the ability to fish 2 people. It fits in the bed of my truck so no trailering required. To me, it's the best of both worlds.

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Who the hell wants to pay that kinda money to paddle around and work so dang hard on what few days we have off to enjoy the outdoors!!!!

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Me

For me, there is a tipping point. I haven't exactly figured out what that point is but I've certainly looked at it from a bang for my buck standpoint. I've often said before I'd spend some of the money on some of these new pedal boats I'd be on the lookout for a used Gheenoe Classic.

I got into doing this because it was cheap, I could back up to my shed, throw my $600 Ascend in the truck with the rest of my gear and fish practically anywhere, no fuel expense, no maintenance, just go. I eventually realized that I just plain enjoyed doing it and I became less worried about absolutely having to catch fish and learned to just enjoy being outside, mostly alone, in absolute silence. The physical aspect does not bother me, even paddling I regularly do 5+ miles fishing.

I think the bang for my buck thing still holds true though, 3 years later I've upgraded boats but they've still been bought used and at good deals. I later sold the Ascend and bought a Slayer 14.5 and later a Cuda 14, I have something like $1800 tied up in both of those boats, and could probably get most of my money, if not more, back out of them if I sold today.

I do want a pedal drive boat but I don't see myself ever purchasing a brand new one, though the Cruise FD has peaked my interest.

Sort of want. But I think i have talked myself into just throwing a trolling motor on my Commander.

I'll either end up with a Jackson Coosa FD or that Nucanoe. I like the blank canvas with the Nucanoe.

I like the fact that the drive will pop up. I fish a lot of shallow water.

I'll wait a year or two to see if there are any kinks to work out.